[ros-dev] Re: [ros-svn] [hbirr] 15089: - initialize a user profile before loading syssetup.dll.

[Hartmut Birr]

Gge wrote:

> hbirr at svn.reactos.com wrote:
>
>> - initialize a user profile before loading syssetup.dll.  - this
>> makes it possible to install ros over an existing ros.
>>
>>
>>
>> Updated files:
>> trunk/reactos/subsys/system/setup/makefile
>> trunk/reactos/subsys/system/setup/setup.c
>>
> Harmut ,

I'm missing my first t ;-)

> Does this apply if Ros is started from a freeldr diskette ?

It solves a problem, if you install ros from a bootcd over an existing
ros. The second stage setup hangs. The real bug is somewhere in
wininet.dll. There is an endless loop, if an environment  variable
cannot expand. The variable is %USERPROFILE%. It is independent from the
boot device.

- Hartmut